Members of the Committee for the Protection of Women ask decision makers in the Ministry of Local Government and the Municipality of Beit Ommar about their role in improving the reality of services in the Badawi Jala – Beit Ommar – Hebron)

Members of the Committee for the Protection of Women ask decision makers in the Ministry of Local Government and the Municipality of Beit Ommar about their role in improving the reality of services in the Badawi Jala – Beit Ommar – Hebron)
Al Horiyya – Hana’ Farajin, the Protection Committee Director said that the Jala Bedouin community of Beit Ommar, north of Hebron, suffers from many problems at various levels, especially since the number of citizens there is increasing from year to year. Farajin explained that one of the most important problems is related to the transportation, and the lack of means to move in the manner required for citizens in the Bedouin community of Jala, which is an obstacle to parents, students and others. She also added “We have called several times to change the street lighting, because it is really poor and no one has responded to us. We asked for a health permit which will be implemented by (Action Aid) and the Palestine Relief Society. This is an important demand because we are about 6.5 km far from the town center.”
Farajin noted that Jala had not yet recieved the communications lines, stressing that they had been communicating with the municipality in this regard. The answer was that the matter was impossible because of the lack of technical possibilities.
Beit Ummar Mayor Maher Tumar( Ikhlayel) said that the Municipality is experiencing difficult financial conditions, but will make a continuous effort to improve what can be improved, as available.
“The Jala area is an authentic part of Beit Ummar. It has developed and progressed, and there is a street that has been completely paved by the former municipal council. I do not call it a Bedouin gathering, but a suburb, and we will do everything we can to improve it.”
In response to the lack of contacts in Jala, he said: “We contacted the Palestinian contacts and set up a place to put the towers and points, but the landowners refused, forcing us to find a new place.”
The director of the local government in Hebron, Rashid Awad, said that Jala has become a suburb of Beit Ummar after it has been integrated. The services that are provided are the duties of the municipality and it’s the one to manage the projects.Awad pointed out that the local government can not deal with Jala as a separate entity, but rather, an entity that is connected to the municipality of Beit Ummar, and the projects that the municipality receives can be directed it as it wished, and serve the areas inside the town. He added: “The needs of Jala can be divided into two parts. The first is that the municipality can address them through its own possibilities such as streets, lighting and waste, and second: projects that are larger than the municipality’s facilities such as classrooms and health clinics.” This came during a discussion session within the project(( Towards Women who Lead Change in Priority Communities and Make a Difference in their Lives and the Lives of Others) In partnership with the local Bedouin councils in Hebron and the Freedom Network for Radio and Television broadcasting, where the episode was broadcast via Radio Liberty Forum, in the program “Downtown” with the media Mahmoud Quneibi.